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Awarded Foodservice Equipment Reports’

2017 Industry Service Award-Consultant

Christine Guyott, FCSI, RD, Principal, Rippe Associates, Minneapolis,has been selected as the winner of the Industry Service Award sponsored by Foodservice Equipment Reportsmagazine in the Consultantcategory.

This award was created by FER in 2005 to honor those who have made substantial contributions not just to their companies and associations, but to the equipment and supplies industry as a whole. “Christine’s dedication of time, energy and intelligence to this business has made a significant impact,” said FER Publisher Robin Ashton, in announcing the award.Guyott is recognized for her hard work and dedication to several industry associations including the Foodservice Consultants Society International and the Association for Healthcare Foodservice. At FCSI, Guyott helped reinvigorate the Council for Emerging Consultants (formerly ICON) Committee that attracts and mentors younger consultants, and served on the Conference Planning Committees for four conferences, Super Regionals and the 2015 FCSI Symposium. She is a key leader for AHF’s Conference Planning Committee and is currently a Trustee on the FCSI Board of Trustees.

FER, assisted in its selection by the Board of Directors ofFCSI, will honor Guyott

at FER‘s Industry Awards Dinner, Feb. 10, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, Fla.Shealso will be profiled in the February 2017 issue of FER along with Industry Service Award winners from other foodservice industry segments and operations.

“We congratulate Christine on receiving this well-deserved expression of esteem from her peers and from all of us at FER,” Ashton said.

For further information on the award, the selection process and a list of past winners of the Industry Service Award, contact Robin Ashton at or Beth Lorenzini, Editor in Chief at .

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